tshav

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂʰa˧˦/

Noun

tshav (classifier: cov)

  1. the light of the heavens, sunlight, moonlight

Verb

tshav

  1. to shine
    Lub ntuj tshav lawm. ― The sky is sunny.
Derived terms
  • tshav kub (“sunburn”)
  • tshav ntuj (“sunshine”)

Noun

tshav (classifier: lub)

  1. a broad level area; a plain, field
    lub tshav ua si ― a playground
    tshav dav hlau ― an airport
    Lawv mus ua si nram lub tshav ncaws pob. ― They went to play in the football field.
Derived terms
  • tshav pob (“a ball field”)

Verb

tshav

  1. to beat down grain stubble in the field in preparation for burning it off
    tshav quav nplej ― to beat down the rice straw for burning
  2. to plane wood
    tshav ntoo ― to plane wood
    lub tshav ― a carpenter's plane
  3. to touch by accident, make unintended contact
    Nws mus tshav tsog tsuag. ― He made unintended contact with wild spirits.

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 363.
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